Improvement in stock-feeders



1. m. COLLINS & w. A. MILES.

Stock-Feedars.

No, 145,573, Patente'jdlan.20.1874

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JAMES M. COLLINS AND WILLIAM A. MILES, OF ATLANTA, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK-FEEDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,573, dated January 20, 1874; application filed August 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthatwe, JAMES M. GoLLINs and WILLIAM A. Mines, of Atlanta, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Stock-Feeder, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of our improved device taken through the line as as, Fig 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

The invention will first be fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

A are posts, to which are attached slats or boards B to form the crib. The inner sides of the middle posts A are grooved longitudinally to receive the end edges of the boards 0 to divide the crib into compartments, so that it may contain corn in the ear in one part and shelled corn or oats in another part. D is the floor of the crib, which rests upon strips attached to the lower part of the post A. The floor D projects beyond the post A, and has an upwardly-projectin g flange or rim, E, attached to its outer edge to form a trough for the stock to eat from, and into which the corn or other grain is admitted through the sliding doors F, which work up and down in guides attached to the lower part of the posts A. The slides F may be arranged to operate auto matically, if desired. To the posts A, at their I lower ends, and at such a distance below the fioor D,as will furnish suflicient room for a hog-house, are attached strips which support a floor, Gr. The floor G is made inclined so that it may be self-cleaning. In the project ing parts of the floor D that form the bottom of the feed-troughs are formed trap doors H,

I which may be opened and the refuse from said troughs pushed through conveniently to fall into the hog-house beneath. I are axles, which are placed beneath the floor G, and are de taohably bolted to the lower ends of the posts A, so that they may be readilydetached when desired. J are small wheels which work upon the journals of the axles I. K are racks, the lower and smaller edges of which rest upon ledges attached to the crib A B just above the sliding doors F. The racks K flare outward, and to the middle parts of their upper edges are hooked the braces L, the inner ends of which are secured to the upper part of thecrib A B. The cover of the crib A B is made in tionary. The part N is hinged at or near its inner edge, which inner edge underlaps the inner edge of the stationary part M. The part N is provided with a hook, O, to hook into a staple attached to the stationary part M to hold it in position when raised, as shown in Fig. 1. The hinged partN of the cover thus serves as a door for placing the corn or other grain in the crib, so that the crib may be filled without disturbing the rack.

We are aware of the patent granted April 29, 1873, to Spenser, but consider ourselves to have improved his stock-feeder.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The feedtrough around thebottom of the crib and the subjacent hog-chamberconnected by trapdoors H, in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. A long feed -rack, 'K, detachably held about the grain-crib by ledges on the graincrib and braces L, as set forth.

JAMES MALORY COLLINS. WILLIAM A. MILES. Witnesses:

JOHN S. LY'DA, GEORGE W. DODSON- 

